Santander expands UK corporate finance team

The Spanish bank has made two hires from UBS as it continues to build its advisory capabilities in the UK

By

Nick Kostov

September 29, 2014 Updated: 6:56 p.m. GMT

Santander, the Spanish bank which established an M&A team in London for the first time in 2012, has made two hires from UBS as it builds its advisory capabilities in the UK.

Ting Le Deng, a technology specialist, and his colleague Nuo Lai both started in recent weeks in the bank's UK corporate advisory team as an executive director and vice president, respectively. A spokesman for Santander confirmed the hires.